Antebellum Quiz (Appetizer)

What was the Dred Scott Case?

• When a family of enslaved Africans sued their owner and won.

• It was a court case where a black male named Dred Scott tried to sue for freedom and ended up losing due to a lack of rights/citizenship.

• A when a white man sued his slave named Dred Scott.

• A court case where the court ruled with the north.

In the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Maine was a ​ (a)   and Missouri was​ (b)   .

• free state
• slave state

Match the following people to their parties:

• Stephen Douglas

• Northern Democratic

• John Breckinridge

• Southern Democratic

• John Bell

• Republican Party

• Abraham Lincoln

• Constitutional Union Party

What is Popular Sovereignty?

•  A governmental principle where states  have the decision on whether slavery should be legal or illegal

• A system of voting in the 1820's

• Joe Biden's financial plan

• Abrahams Lincolns election plan

Which compromise started the “36°- 30° compromise line”?

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Mexican Cession

• 1. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 

• Manifest Destiny

1.   What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
   

• When Kansas and Nebraska became brand new countries.

• When Kansas and Nebraska were created.

• 1. When there were 2 new territories created with 2 governments set up due to popular sovereignty. 

• When Kansas and Nebraska became illegal states to live in.

1.  What was the raid on Harpers Ferry and who led it?

• When Charlie Brown raided the candy store.

• When John Brown led a raid for weapons to supply slave owners against enslaved Africans.

• When a large amount of anti-slavery businessowner's trashed planation's.

• 1. When the leader  John Brown raided Harpers Ferry for weapons to supply enslaved Africans to attack their owners. 

1. What is a Martyr?​ ​ (a)  

• Someone who is willing to die for their beliefs.
• A person who is blamed for their wrongdoings
• A person who actively opposes something/someone

1. Who was elected for president in 1860?

What was Bleeding Kansas?

• A time in history when people did crazy extreme sewing competitions, using their needles and thread to settle political disputes.

• 1. When over 700 pro-slavery people  attacked anti-slavery town in Kansas and  destroyed hotels and printing presses and when a man named John Brown invaded a pro-slavery town and killed 5 men. 

• Bleeding Kansas was a "Just Dance 1850" competition where participants would settle their political issues through dance.

• When there was a war between pro-slavery people and anti-slavery people. The war took place in Kansas